From mnovak@demon.co.uk Thu Feb 24 21:54:45 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!demon!mnovak From: mnovak@demon.co.uk (Marisol Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Feb24.215445.7748@demon.co.uk> Date: Thu, 24 Feb 1994 21:54:45 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? The low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled. However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM. Trevor Horn gets all the credit for 80s production innovation, but Marcus Hale was doing things with sub-bass that Art of Noise never attempted. -- Marisol Novak Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Demon Internet Services UK. ------------------------------------------------------------ From jhughes@ox.ac.uk Sat Feb 26 21:08:45 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!ox!jhughes From: jhughes@ox.ac.uk (Julien Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Feb26.210845.1848@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 26 Feb 1994 21:08:45 GMT References: <1994Feb24.215445.7748@demon.co.uk> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Feb24.215445.7748@demon.co.uk>, mnovak@demon.co.uk (Marisol Novak) writes: > Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? > The low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled. Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. -- Julien Hughes Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From akowalski@ox.ac.uk Sun Feb 27 17:26:45 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!ox!akowalski From: akowalski@ox.ac.uk (Amy Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Feb27.172645.5284@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 27 Feb 1994 17:26:45 GMT References: <1994Feb24.215445.7748@demon.co.uk> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Feb24.215445.7748@demon.co.uk>, mnovak@demon.co.uk (Marisol Novak) writes: > Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? > The low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. -- Amy Kowalski | akowalski@ox.ac.uk PGP Key fingerprint: 1EBB 25CB FA87 119F "Keep the channels open." From ltanaka@cmu.edu Sun Feb 27 19:05:45 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!cmu!ltanaka From: ltanaka@cmu.edu (Lisa Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Feb27.190545.1697@cmu.edu> Date: Sun, 27 Feb 1994 19:05:45 GMT References: <1994Feb24.215445.7748@demon.co.uk> <1994Feb27.172645.5284@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Feb27.172645.5284@ox.ac.uk>, akowalski@ox.ac.uk (Amy Kowalski) writes: > The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach. -- Lisa Tanaka "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / SunOS 4.1.4